Anxiety and depression symptoms among ovarian cancer patients in China: a cross-sectional study†

The incidence of cancer-related anxiety and depression (N = 270).

Relationship between various factors and cancer-related anxiety and depression.

Variable	Number (n)	Anxiety				Depression

		n	%	χ²	P	n	%	χ²	P
Age, years				1.043	0.594			1.673	0.433
18–44	87	49	56.32			36	41.37
45–60	148	84	56.75			74	50.00
≥60	35	23	65.71			17	48.57
Marital status				0.079	1.000			1.153	0.395
Unmarried	13	8	61.53			8	61.53
Married	257	148	57.58			119	46.30
Education level				7.087	0.009^*			17.398	<0.001^*
Primary or high school	177	92	51.97			67	37.85
Bachelor degree or master	93	64	68.81			60	64.51
Family income, Yuan/month				11.003	0.004^*			9.394	0.009^*
≤3,000	115	57	49.56			46	40.00
3,000–5,000	103	59	57.28			47	45.63
≥5,000	52	40	76.92			34	65.38
Cancer staging				0.328	0.587			0.373	0.589
III	195	110	56.41			89	45.64
IV	75	46	61.33			38	50.66
Medical costs, Yuan				0.365	0.580			0.009	1.000
20,000–40,000	197	116	58.88			93	47.20
≥40,000	73	40	54.79			34	46.57

Note:

* P<0.05.

Relationship between coping style and cancer-related depression and anxiety.

Variable	n	Active style	T	P	Negative style	T	P
Anxiety			2.77	0.006^*		−6.019	<0.001^*
Yes	156	20.60 ± 5.224			13.07 ± 3.943
No	114	22.68 ± 7.075			10.18 ± 3.940
Depression			2.15	0.032^*		−4.906	<0.001^*
Yes	127	20.63 ± 4.577			13.11 ± 3.776
No	143	22.23 ± 7.198			10.73 ± 4.138

Note:

* P<0.05.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with cancer-related depression.

Variable	P	OR	95% CI

			Lower	Upper
Age, years	0.302	1.263	0.811	1.965
Marital status	0.469	0.614	0.164	2.299
Education level	0.001^*	0.307	0.157	0.603
Income	0.852	0.864	0.381	1.958
Cancer staging	0.990	1.013	0.131	7.831
Medical costs	0.900	0.875	0.111	6.904
Active style	<0.001^*	0.903	0.859	0.948
Negative style	<0.001^*	1.298	1.195	1.410

Note:

* P < 0.05.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with cancer-related anxiety.

Variable	P	OR	95% CI

			Lower	Upper
Age, years	0.080	1.487	0.954	2.318
Marital status	0.581	1.462	0.379	5.648
Education level	<0.001^*	0.189	0.096	0.371
Income	0.593	1.378	0.616	3.083
Cancer staging	0.264	3.371	0.400	28.430
Medical costs	0.281	0.307	0.036	2.631
Active style	0.002^*	0.926	0.883	0.971
Negative style	<0.001^*	1.248	1.155	1.348

Note:

* P < 0.05.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

Language: English

Page range: 321 - 327

Submitted on: Apr 27, 2020

Accepted on: Jun 11, 2020

Published on: Jan 5, 2021

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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